An epic for our time, Big History begins when the universe is no more than a single point the size of an atom, squeezed together in unimaginable density, and ends with a 21st century planet inhabited by 6.1 billion people. It's a story that takes in prehistoric geology, human evolution, the agrarian age, the Black Death, the voyages of Columbus, the industrial revolution, and global warming; it represents a new kind of history, one which skillfully interweaves historical knowledge and cutting-edge science.
- ISBN10 1595581960
- ISBN13 9781595581969
- Publish Date 11 October 2007 (first published 1 September 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The New Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English